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Capaq Ñan - La Grande Route Inca. Réhabilitation de la voie Cuenca-Achupallas et développement de l'écotourisme communautaire (Equateur)

2006
Student Projects

Abstract

Le Capaq Ñan est l'ancien axe principal du réseau routier de l'Empire inca. Parcourant la cordillère des Andes sur plus de 6000 km, il relie des territoires aujourd'hui divisés entre la Colombie, l'Equateur, le Pérou, la Bolivie, l'Argentine et le Chili. Ce chef-d'œuvre d'ingénierie constitue un riche patrimoine archéologique, historique, culturel et naturel. L'ONG internationale UICN a proposé de le mettre en valeur, notamment en promouvant des formes de tourisme doux: randonnée, écotourisme communautaire. Notre projet se penche sur un tronçon pilote de 100 km en Equateur. Outre quelques propositions pour la réhabilitation de la route elle-même, il présente trois sites potentiels pour la construction d'infrastructures touristiques: gîtes d'étape pour marcheurs, centres d'information, autant de lieux d'interaction entre touristes et autochtones. L'architecture de ces trois interventions manifeste à la fois l'unité première du chemin et la diversité des contextes géographiques, socio-culturels et économiques particuliers. Notre réflexion a porté sur la réinterprétation contemporaine des formes et types incas ainsi que sur les critères du développement durable et de l'auto-construction.

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2006
Student Projects

Abstract

Official source

https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/4fb22dba-ae89-41f7-be5b-3a447652f6cf

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Inca road system

The Inca road system (also spelled Inka road system and known as Qhapaq Ñan meaning "royal road" in Quechua) was the most extensive and advanced transportation system in pre-Columbian South America. It was about long. The construction of the roads required a large expenditure of time and effort. The network was composed of formal roads carefully planned, engineered, built, marked and maintained; paved where necessary, with stairways to gain elevation, bridges and accessory constructions such as retaining walls, and water drainage systems.

Inca Empire

The Inca Empire (also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire), called Tawantinsuyu by its subjects (Quechua for the "Realm of the Four Parts"), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political, and military center of the empire was in the city of Cusco. The Inca civilization rose from the Peruvian highlands sometime in the early 13th century. The Spanish began the conquest of the Inca Empire in 1532 and by 1572, the last Inca state was fully conquered.

History of the Incas

The Incas were most notable for establishing the Inca Empire which was centered in modern day South America in Peru and Chile. It was about 2,500 miles from the northern to southern tip. The Inca Empire lasted from 1438 to 1533. It was the largest Empire in America throughout the Pre-Columbian era. At the peak of the Inca Empire, it was the largest nation in the world and to this day is the largest native state in the western hemisphere. The Inca civilization was located from north to south of the western hemisphere of South America.